Shove-it help?

[Justinb]

for a couple days now ive been trying too go from a nose manual into a shove it, i got the nose manual down, but i just cant shove it, i cant do it from the manual or even just normal skating, do you guys have any pointers or tips?

[Burninate35]

I was working on it today as well! I have not yet gotten it, but i found that by leaning forward more than i thought i had to, and really trying to stick my back foot into the board i got much better rotation.

[asagar123]

what helped me was carve into it, so let the board do most of the work. also imagine the board revolving around ur back foot, so u swing it around and stomp the front foot back on

[Flumpa]

Learn to do pivots first.
Once you can pivot, follow these steps:

- Start a pivot
- Once you're a little less than halfway done with the pivot, push backwards with your front foot and continue in the motion of the pivot
- Jump just a little bit
- Land that sucker
- Feel like a bamf

=D

That's a fairly simple breakdown; the hardest part is the second and third step. When done correctly, it'll result in the board flipping around under you ... voila ! Shove it !

[Kameli]

Just do some pivots at first and try to get used to the motion.

Next you just have to do a 90 degree pivot and just flick the board the last 90 degrees.

Just when you're flicking it, do a little jump forward. That will knock the board a little backwards, and helps you land on the middle of your board.

also try to do them on switch, that helped for me.

I got these down on my 44" pintail, but unfortunately I landed a couple of those with my both feet exactly in the middle of my board and because of those landings I cracked my board. So be careful how you're landing those.

[snippers]

Remember to keep your center of gravity over the board.

[Cann0n]

Practice while rolling. It helps when you are going about 25-50% of your max flatland kicking speed.

I found it was easier for me to do them switch on a longboard (that also called a fakie nose-side shovit?). I'm not trick terminology savvy. My front foot pressure isn't consistent enough for me to pull them off every time.

One problem your might see is your board flies up at you too fast and stands on it's end for a second. That means you put too much pressure down on the nose.

If your board is only kicking out at a 90* angle, spins, or flies away from you, your feet position, pressure, and motion aren't not be consistent.

Kicking out too much will push the board away from your body, making it challenging to land.

It takes time to train the muscles memory.

[Shmax]

I just got my shuvit down after a month or so of trying to land it. (still a novice)

anyways, I looked at all the trick tip videos - turn it 90 degrees, flick it the last 90 yada yada yada. I got close but I did not get it in many attempts, not even once. My friend came over tonight at 2 in the morning and I landed multiple shuvits in about 20 minutes of attempts. These are the tips:

what my friend calls "scissor shuvits"

1. Put your back foot hanging off the heelside edge
2. Put your front foot more sideways on the nose, but with yours toes hanging a little bit off the toeside edge
3. Put some weight on your front foot
3. Kick your back foot JUST before your front foot quickly. Both feet should not move very far from where you were standing originally.
4. Right after you kick your back foot, kick your front foot (the one hanging on the nose of the board) as well, jumping just a little bit forward. Don't jump super hard, just a little. You can even land if you don't jump, but it's risky.

Take these tips from a guy who is still learning basically everything about longboarding. I thought the shuvit was so hard, but after throwing the "turn it 90 degrees, have to be able to pivot 180 degrees" out the window, and with the help of a friend, it came to me immediately.

Quick summary: Back foot hanging off the heelside edge, front foot hanging off the toeside edge a little bit. Kick your back foot first and then the front foot, but not way hard. If you do both, the board will certainly turn 180 degrees. Jump forward a little bit and bam, you land.

[Cann0n]

I just got my shuvit down after a month or so of trying to land it. (still a novice)

anyways, I looked at all the trick tip videos - turn it 90 degrees, flick it the last 90 yada yada yada. I got close but I did not get it in many attempts, not even once. My friend came over tonight at 2 in the morning and I landed multiple shuvits in about 20 minutes of attempts. These are the tips:

what my friend calls "scissor shuvits"

1. Put your back foot hanging off the heelside edge
2. Put your front foot more sideways on the nose, but with yours toes hanging a little bit off the toeside edge
3. Put some weight on your front foot
3. Kick your back foot JUST before your front foot quickly. Both feet should not move very far from where you were standing originally.
4. Right after you kick your back foot, kick your front foot (the one hanging on the nose of the board) as well, jumping just a little bit forward. Don't jump super hard, just a little. You can even land if you don't jump, but it's risky.

Take these tips from a guy who is still learning basically everything about longboarding. I thought the shuvit was so hard, but after throwing the "turn it 90 degrees, have to be able to pivot 180 degrees" out the window, and with the help of a friend, it came to me immediately.

Quick summary: Back foot hanging off the heelside edge, front foot hanging off the toeside edge a little bit. Kick your back foot first and then the front foot, but not way hard. If you do both, the board will certainly turn 180 degrees. Jump forward a little bit and bam, you land.

Sounds solid. Good to see folks using the search tool.

Hey, what part of Atlanta are you from? I grew up in Hall County, just north of the ATL.

[BAsports18]

I think a lot of people go too slow and don't pivot enough when trying to learn shuvits but it takes a lot of practice for everyone.

[Shmax]

Sounds solid. Good to see folks using the search tool.

Hey, what part of Atlanta are you from? I grew up in Hall County, just north of the ATL.

Hey, my bad with the late response. I don't get on silverfish too often. I'm in Dekalb county, which is also just north of Atlanta. If you go on I-85N for about 15 minutes from Georgia Tech you'll be around my area. I have a lot of friends that longboard in my area (part of the very few around here) but the roads are pretty horrible here, unless you like hills. I've fallen more into cruising and tricks during my short time riding, so I usually skate around a circle at my friend's house or just skate in my cul-de-sac (the latter is actually pretty nice). If you're ever up here send me a message, me and my pals would be glad to skate with you and whoever else as well.

OP: As I've been doing more and more shovits I've realized that you will naturally fall into doing the 90 degree flick with your foot, which is the common advice given in trick tip videos. My advice still stands: don't go for that flick initially. Build confidence first with quick scissor quicks, as I laid out before. You'll eventually start doing it by yourself as you gain confidence from numerous landings. Don't be worried if you only land a 90 degree shovit at first, the landing builds your confidence. You'll get 180 degrees very soon after that. At this point the only thing that messes with my landing a shovit would be putting too much weight up front. Just make sure you're balanced. You shouldn't be pressing down hard on the nose at all. Hope this extra bit helps.

[jaytoo]

I just got my shuvit down after a month or so of trying to land it. (still a novice)

anyways, I looked at all the trick tip videos - turn it 90 degrees, flick it the last 90 yada yada yada. I got close but I did not get it in many attempts, not even once. My friend came over tonight at 2 in the morning and I landed multiple shuvits in about 20 minutes of attempts. These are the tips:

what my friend calls "scissor shuvits"

1. Put your back foot hanging off the heelside edge
2. Put your front foot more sideways on the nose, but with yours toes hanging a little bit off the toeside edge
3. Put some weight on your front foot
3. Kick your back foot JUST before your front foot quickly. Both feet should not move very far from where you were standing originally.
4. Right after you kick your back foot, kick your front foot (the one hanging on the nose of the board) as well, jumping just a little bit forward. Don't jump super hard, just a little. You can even land if you don't jump, but it's risky.

Take these tips from a guy who is still learning basically everything about longboarding. I thought the shuvit was so hard, but after throwing the "turn it 90 degrees, have to be able to pivot 180 degrees" out the window, and with the help of a friend, it came to me immediately.

Quick summary: Back foot hanging off the heelside edge, front foot hanging off the toeside edge a little bit. Kick your back foot first and then the front foot, but not way hard. If you do both, the board will certainly turn 180 degrees. Jump forward a little bit and bam, you land.

After thinking about it, this is pretty much exactly how I do my nose shuvits now. Thumbs up to this little tutorial here.

What got my shuvits consistent was focusing on jumping forward. When you focus too much on getting the board to spin, you end up jumping away from the board. Focus on jumping forward, and you're more likely to stay centered over your board. To get the board off the ground and really spin around, remember to bend your knees.

For one of my friends, a tip that instantly made his shuvits better was to use the arch of your front foot instead of your toes on the nose.

[DarkMatter]

I went out for probably close to two hours today to get to work on my shovits. I started out not being able to consistently get the board around, and always landing with both feet off the board. I practiced:

[Cann0n]

Hey, my bad with the late response. I don't get on silverfish too often. I'm in Dekalb county, which is also just north of Atlanta. If you go on I-85N for about 15 minutes from Georgia Tech you'll be around my area. I have a lot of friends that longboard in my area (part of the very few around here) but the roads are pretty horrible here, unless you like hills. I've fallen more into cruising and tricks during my short time riding, so I usually skate around a circle at my friend's house or just skate in my cul-de-sac (the latter is actually pretty nice). If you're ever up here send me a message, me and my pals would be glad to skate with you and whoever else as well.

Cool cool. I grew up just north of there in Hall County. I miss the hills dearly...

[DarkMatter]

I went out for probably close to two hours today to get to work on my shovits. I started out not being able to consistently get the board around, and always landing with both feet off the board. I practiced:

1) Putting just enough weight on the nose to get it to lift the back wheels off the ground
2) Swinging my back foot frontside to around 70* by using the arch of my back foot, having my foot positioned with my toes in the middle of the board, so some of my foot was hanging off
3) Giving the board a little flick, so it rotated around the full 180*

This is the hard part...jumping forward gets me hung up. I am able to consistently land with my front foot on the board, stopping it's rotation...but my back foot ends up planted on the ground behind the board. My front foot contacts the board around halfway up the board (most of the time, it's even further back than that!)

I know you're supposed to jump forward, but I'm having a hard time incorporating that into the swing n' flick.

But the thing I most need help with is landing my back foot on the board. How do I get it up far enough, and back to the center of the board quick enough to stick it?

[WolfOnWheels]

Last time I attempted a Shuv-it (aka before snow >.>) was able to do it everyone once in a while, but I would always land really far forward and almost loose my balance. I'll try the scissor method because my way, I pretty much did whatever and prayed it would work

[mreezy]

I went out for probably close to two hours today to get to work on my shovits. I started out not being able to consistently get the board around, and always landing with both feet off the board. I practiced:

1) Putting just enough weight on the nose to get it to lift the back wheels off the ground
2) Swinging my back foot frontside to around 70* by using the arch of my back foot, having my foot positioned with my toes in the middle of the board, so some of my foot was hanging off
3) Giving the board a little flick, so it rotated around the full 180*

This is the hard part...jumping forward gets me hung up. I am able to consistently land with my front foot on the board, stopping it's rotation...but my back foot ends up planted on the ground behind the board. My front foot contacts the board around halfway up the board (most of the time, it's even further back than that!)

I know you're supposed to jump forward, but I'm having a hard time incorporating that into the swing n' flick.

But the thing I most need help with is landing my back foot on the board. How do I get it up far enough, and back to the center of the board quick enough to stick it?

I shuv it goofy. When I was starting out with some shuv it's I had the same problem but my front foot was the one the lands on the ground so what my friend taught me was to look left. Kinda scary at first since you'll be not looking at your board but the movement made my front foot land on the board.

so if your left foot gets left behind look right

if your right foot gets left behind look left

I was able to land shuv its consistently after 2 days. Hope this helps you!

[DarkMatter]

I shuv it goofy. When I was starting out with some shuv it's I had the same problem but my front foot was the one the lands on the ground so what my friend taught me was to look left. Kinda scary at first since you'll be not looking at your board but the movement made my front foot land on the board.

so if your left foot gets left behind look right

if your right foot gets left behind look left

I was able to land shuv its consistently after 2 days. Hope this helps you!

Thank ye, I skate goofy as well (I tried to keep from referencing specific feet so I wouldn't confuse people who skate regular). But we have opposite problems, haha! Thanks for your help, I'm going out to try that right now.

[DarkMatter]

Double Post

Tried it, didn't help. All it made do was fling the board up via putting too much pressure on the nose. Didn't work for me, thanks though.
Ugh, back to film study.

[mreezy]

aww man, sorry to hear that.